Mauno Koivisto

Mauno Koivisto (25 November 1923-12 May 2017) was President of Finland from 27 January 1982 to 1 March 1994, succeeding Urho Kekkonen and preceding Martti Ahtisaari. He also served as Prime Minister from 3 March 1968 to 14 May 1970 (succeeding Rafael Paasio and preceding Teuvo Aura) and from 26 May 1979 to 26 January 1982 (interrupting Kalevi Sorsa's terms). He was the first Social Democratic Party of Finland member to serve as President.

Biography
Mauno Koivisto was born in Turku, Finland on 25 November 1923, and he became a successful banker and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland member in 1947. His career prepared him for the Most of Minister of Finance from 1966 to 1967 and in 1972. In this position, and as President of the Bank of Finland from 1968 to 1982, he advocated a tight monetary policy. He was Prime Minister in 1968-70 and 1979-82, and he was interim President from 1981 and elected President from 1982. as President, he continued Urho Kekkonen's policy of neutrality and in 1983 renewed the Finnish-Soviet friendship treaty for a further twenty years. Re-elected in 1988, he resigned in 1991 amidst the country's worst economic crisis since World War II.